Tuesday Tunes

Bit of humour to break the ice...

Mp3: Jakobinarina - "Sleeping in Seattle"

It's always good to be surprised by new music. These occasions are even fewer where the surprises are pleasant ones. Regal Records in the UK definitely have their fingers firmly on the pulse of uplifting alternative music. I won't sit here and pronounce "Sleeping in Seattle" to be like nothing I have ever heard before but it embodies that great British alternative rock sound infused with the must have pop sensibilities. The song gets the heart going faster but has an easy listening (not the genre, the adjective... I think i mean adjective) quality to it as well.

Mp3: Night of the Brain - "Theme"

I must admit when I got the email for some band called Night of the Brain, I was reading to skip over the email as I sometimes am tempted to do. But it said Cristian Vogel's new band and it got me thinking, I know that name. Being a member of Super Collider (w/ Jamie Lidell) was enough for me to download it. Vocally has a firm Julian Casablanca charm to it with the bass doing no harm to the Strokes approach comparison but musically it is less straight forward and more of a mildly enchanted walk in an Eastern palace garden. Only mildly enchanted though. Impressive none the less. Debut Album "Wear this world out" is due 4th June, of course Aussie release is TBA.

Mp3: Yves Klein Blue - "The Streetlight"

This is the kind of music anyone who is a true lover of good honest music will love. Winners of MTV's kickstart competition, I think Yves Klein Blue could bring me out of any old blues. The unassuming happiness this song evokes is undeniable. Without going over the top, this little number really brings the sunshine out for me. I couldn't really tell you what sets this apart from the millions of other songs out there, but it is unmistakably joyful. As with most Aussie gold, I must give the tastemakers @ Sandwich Club a big nod for this one. In my failure to quit my job and head down to the S/Club parties, I missed these guys and am kicking myself!

Mp3: Pheugoo - "Jimmy Mack's Sweet Escape"

Now I expect some of you out there will be lining up to drop some flack on me for posting this mash up. But if you have a soul, I think you would be hard pressed not to have been driving in your car alone or sitting in your room or browsing myspace and not had the urge to sing the annoying yet fun Akon hook. I love how everyone has their own way of singing those ambiguous noises that Akon squeals which aren't really words. Intepretation is beautiful. Best part is you don't hear Gwen Stefani for any part of the song I do believe.

Myspace: White Rabbits

Finally I thought I'd drop in a quite word on these guys from New York. They have a sound which is really going to take them places, well even more places than it does already. Their sound has this real unique streak to it and to use my old cliche, it's quite dramatic. But in the search for something more specific, I was struggling for adequate superlatives only to find the band describe their music better than I ever could "honky tonk calpyso" and I could not agree more. They are fantastic story tellers and the music accompanies like the perfect soundtrack. They seem to be a large ensemble and hey, Aussies love big families like the Cat Empire so you can't go wrong. Love it! Thanks to #1 Whiteboy scout & #2 DJ (we can't dethrone Shengg) Le Pony Boy for pointing me in this bands direction.